A record 47% of the European Union’s electricity now comes from solar and other renewables, a report on Thursday said, in yet another sign of the growing gap between the bloc's push for clean energy and the new U.S. administration's pursuit of more fossil fuels.
This month, Oregon announced that homeowners in high-risk wildfire areas of the state are required to reduce vegetation on their properties and adhere to new building codes. Meanwhile, Canada, which has experienced an increase in devastating fires in recent years, relies on patchwork, mostly voluntary, measures to reduce fire risk. Some think it’s time for the rules to change.
The premiers met virtually with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other federal officials on Wednesday morning to talk about Trump's early moves as president and the looming threat of tariffs, which could come as soon as next week.
The Hughes Fire broke out in the late morning and within hours charred nearly 8 square miles (21 square kilometers) of trees and brush, sending up plumes of dark smoke near Lake Castaic, a popular recreation area about 40 miles (64 kilometers) from the devastating Eaton and Palisades fires that are burning for a third week.
Canadian officials are adopting a different tone after President Donald Trump ordered a study of the United States' trade relationship with Canada, pushing the threat of devastating tariffs down the road — temporarily.
On Tuesday, Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Minister Gary Anandasangaree and former housing minister Sean Fraser all threw their support behind Carney on social media.
Trump's proposed 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian exports would be a "deliberate economic attack" on B.C. families and people should think carefully about spending money in a country that wants to do them economic harm, Eby said during a news conference in Vancouver on Tuesday.
The University of Guelph is leading the creation of a network meant to spur investment in Canadian agri-food innovation, including developing new technologies to address pressing issues like climate change.
First Nations leaders say they must be part of “Team Canada” — and decision makers on resource projects — to combat looming U.S. tariffs as they head into a key annual summit with the B.C. government.
A climate organization's new impact-voter initiative is a non-partisan campaign aimed at mobilizing and organizing people impacted by climate change who live in swing ridings.
The Eaton Fire northeast of downtown Los Angeles and the Palisades Fire to the west on the Pacific Coast Highway have destroyed 12,000 homes and other structures, with 11 deaths now attributed to the conflagrations.